It's almost January!

You know what that means...our Adopt-a-Caseworker program will be starting! We are very excited for this program to become operational as we begin to make "matches" between Partner groups and Child Protective Caseworkers.

~ A few upcoming events ~

Caseworker Training
Ambassadors for Children will be training Greene County Caseworkers at Children's Division and their Contracted sites providing Foster Care Case Management and Intensive In-Home Services. The training will occur during regularly scheduled Caseworker staff meetings in early January 2009.


Partner Group Training
Ambassadors for Children will be training faith, business & civic Partner groups who have already expressed a verbal committment to participate in Adopt-a-Caseworker. This will take place at the Council of Churches on January 20, 2009.

Recruitment Luncheon
We are planning another Adopt-a-Caseworker Partner Group recruitment luncheon in February/March 2009. The program will be presented and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions as they decide if it's a good "fit" for their group.

Missouri Compassion Conference
Ambassadors for Children is partnering with Missouri Compassion and other local faith-based organizations to provide a conference for the faith community in April 2009 on ways to help local families involved in Child Protective Services. The Adopt-a-Caseworker program will be presented at one of the breakout sessions at this conference.

"The Adopt-a-Caseworker program is supported by grant #2005-VF-GX-K009 awarded by the Office for Victims oice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, in cooperation with HALOS. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of HALOS or the U.S. Department of Justice."